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Whopper Virgins Do It At Hotels

Poor Burger King. Their garbage food is so delicious but they are never going to win. Their war on McDonald's is like Pepsi taking on Coke. Literally. There's obviously not a joke there, it's just the same thing. In each...  CONTINUE READING WHOPPER VIRGINS DO IT AT HOTELS»

Posted on December 3, 2008 in (18 comments)
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The American Cookie Industry's Dark Past Revealed

This is a short video (via BoingBoing) about Chinese people being introduced to fortune cookies. Because they don't know what they are. Because America invented them. Because we are nuts. I guess on the scale of horrible cultural bastardization born...  CONTINUE READING THE AMERICAN COOKIE INDUSTRY'S DARK PAST REVEALED»

Posted on August 27, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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Have Some F-ing Pride When You Bounce Into The Mud, America!

Both I Survived a Japanese Game Show and Wipeout premiere on ABC tonight. Personally, I'm more excited for Wipeout because I believe in the purity of humiliation, and don't need to be distracted some Hollywood suit's complex conceit. But both...  CONTINUE READING HAVE SOME F-ING PRIDE WHEN YOU BOUNCE INTO THE MUD, AMERICA!»

Posted on June 24, 2008 in (3 comments)
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Klaus Pierre's Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Major Motion Action Star

Good news for the Bruno movie: even after the over-saturation of mildly-xenophobic "fish out of water" comedy that was the Borat movie and the media blitzkreig surrounding the Borat movie, it's still funny to watch someone with a thick accent...  CONTINUE READING KLAUS PIERRE'S CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE MAJOR MOTION ACTION STAR»

Posted on May 30, 2008 in (7 comments)
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Russian Wanted Trailer Gets It право

Yes, the trailers for the movie Wanted look terrible. Yes, I think that's probably because the movie Wanted is terrible. But this unsubtitled, graphically violent Russian trailer for Wanted makes it look great: (filmz.ru via /film) настолько хорошо. Not that...  CONTINUE READING RUSSIAN WANTED TRAILER GETS IT право»

Posted on May 23, 2008 in (3 comments)
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The Bruno Movie Will Do For Homosexuals What Borat Did For Kazakhstan

Just Jared posted some pictures today of Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno trying to interview Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently, Schwarzenegger ducked the interview and jumped into his SUV. Which makes sense, because Cohen probably didn't even ask him any questions...  CONTINUE READING THE BRUNO MOVIE WILL DO FOR HOMOSEXUALS WHAT BORAT DID FOR KAZAKHSTAN»

Posted on May 19, 2008 in (2 comments)
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Now That Is A Juno I'd Like To See

I still haven't actually seen Juno. I feel like I should, but at this point it's like waiting until you're in college to start smoking. What's the point? No one's going to think I'm cool for hating it (because people...  CONTINUE READING NOW THAT IS A JUNO I'D LIKE TO SEE»

Posted on May 13, 2008 in (1 comments)
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